Saturday, April 30, 2011

Ashura/ Aşure / Noah's Pudding

12.18.2010Click here and here to see the winner Asure of the "Best Asure competition"!

This was chosen as the best Ashura at a local competition. The judges were diverse : Turkish, American and Peruvian :) So this means this Ashura has an internationally proven taste:)

I should mention that I am not a picky cook, the amount of the ingredients are subject to change ( I don't even remember for some of them how much I added.) Actually for ashura, in general there is no unique way and ingredient list to cook but major ones: wheat, beans, raisins ( I don't like it so skipped) apricots and of course sugar!
Enjoy!

Ingredients:

This would yield ~40 cups

1 cup wheat (I used a little more than that)

1 cup rice (precooked)
1 cup chick peas ( I used canned )
1 cup navy & northern beans ( I used canned) )
1 packet ~ 100 gr of dried apricots (Turkish ones are the best! You can find in many American grocery stores as well) ( diced into small pieces and stayed in water to make it softer)

Figs ( diced into small pieces and stayed in water to make it softer)

Poppy seed

Sesame ( at least 2 full teaspoons, i cooked them)

Black seeds

1 table spoon butter

1cup milk

1 table spoon honey

1 pinch salt

1 orange peel, (diced into cubes and boiled in water, discard the water, it has a bitter taste)

Half lemon zest

~5 cups sugar

Other options may be but not limited to:
Almonds, peanuts, apple,orange, pear, raisins, prune, any dry or or fresh fruit as desired

Clove, rose water for the flavor

Topping:

walnuts, pistachios , peanuts, sesame, coconut, almonds, pomegranate

Also cinnamon, hazelnuts

How to prepare Asure / Ashura/ Noah's Pudding?

One night before:

(Soak wheat in water before if possible)

Boil wheat in a big pan with 5 cups of water for about 10 minutes and turn the heat. It will adsorb the water and get soften in the morning

The day you cook:Add ~4 cups of water to the precooked wheat and let it boil.